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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 New Zealand
Auckland. The first holder was to be the union with the best record for the 1902 season.
Auckland, with an unbeaten record, was declared the first winner of the Ranfurly Shield.
Incidentally, the shield should have been a 'cup', designed for a soccer competition, and the centre piece then had to be altered.
2. The outspoken winger, in 1983, captained NZ twice.
| What year did the first ever test match between NZ & South Africa take place? | New Zealand Rugby
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1921. It was 13th August, 1921, NZ triumphed 13-5 at Carisbrook. The series was drawn 1-1 (SA won 2nd test 9-5 at Eden Park, while the 3rd test was a gruelling 0-0 draw at Athletic Park!)
The team for the first test was ;
Prop Bill Duncan
Prop Ned Hughes
Lock Jim Moffitt
Lock Jock Richardson
Flanker Moke Belliss
Flanker Richard Fogarty
Scrum Half Ginger Nicholls
Fly Half Cecil Badeley
Right Wing Percival Storey
Centre George Aitken (c)
Centre Marcus Nicholls
Left Wing John Steel
Fullback Nipper Kingstone
Whom I had heard of none, sadly!
| An easy one - Which former All Black forward was the only one to feature in the top 10 of all time drop goal scorers in NZ rugby? | New Zealand Rugby
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Zinzan Brooke . Having scored 3 drop goals in his illustrious career, Zinzan is listed as 7th on NZ's list, pretty remarkable when I look further down the list and there don't seem to be any other forwards.
Mehrts leads on 10, while Fox is next on 7.
| In the 1985 NPC, what did Auckland, Taranaki & North Harbour have in common? | New Zealand Rugby
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All won NPC titles. They all won the NPC titles, Auckland 1st div, Taranaki 2nd div and North Harbour 3rd div.
| What was the most tries the All Blacks have ever scored against the Wallabies? | New Zealand Rugby
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9. 12th September 1936, 38-13, 9 tries.
Hart G.F. 2 tries
Mitchell N.A. 2 tries
Rankin J.G. 2 tries
Reid S.T. 2 tries
Watt J.M. 1 try
On the other hand, the Wallabies best effort against NZ was 5, 9th Sept 1978, 16-30. This Wallaby team comprised of players like 'Buddha Handy' 'Paddy Batch' and 'Snakebite McKid'!
| Which All Black became the 1000th man to pull on the fabled Black jersey? | New Zealand Rugby
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Carl Hayman. At the time,17th June, 2001, the massive Otago prop, was sporting a beard which made him look as though he has just walked out from the bush! The All Blacks ran out comfortable winners against Samoa 50-6.
But Hayman will go down in history as the 1000th member of an exclusive club!
Although, Ranby and Holah were also very close to achieving this honour!
| In the Super 12, in 1997, the Auckland Blues went through the whole season undefeated but they did not win every game as the 2002 Crusaders did. Who did they draw against? | New Zealand Rugby
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N. Transvaal Blue Bulls. This was a thrill a minute game, with the final scores locked at 40-40. I would have thought a season of S12 unbeaten would go unmatched, but the Crusaders of 2002 went one better by winning every game, with an average score of 42-23, including the record score against second placed NSW of 96-19!
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